What Is an Autoimmune Disease?
8. Addison’s Disease
Addison’s disease is an autoimmune disease that affects the adrenal glands. These glands are responsible for producing aldosterone, cortisol, and androgen, which are all types of hormone. Deficiencies of these hormones will result in a number of symptoms. Hashimoto’s thyroiditis also affects hormone production by affecting the thyroid gland, which is responsible for making thyroxine.
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis will cause hypothyroidism, which means that too few hormones are being produced by the thyroid gland. Graves’ disease is another autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid gland. However, this disease causes hyperthyroidism, which means that too many hormones are being produced by the hormone.
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